Automatic rope-buckle



(No Model.)

s. e F. SEIB.

l i AUTOMATIC ROPE BUCKLE.

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AUTOMATIC `ROPE- BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,408, dated March 4, 1881. Application tiled January 4, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that we, SIMON SEIB and FRANK SEIB, citizens of the United States, residing a-t f Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AutomatieRope-Buckles; and we do hereby declare the followingito be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference'being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. i

The object of this invention is to take up with facility the looseness in clothes-lines or other ropes occasioned by stretching, or, should the rope shrink, to` loosen the same, so that it may work easily in the pulleys. The inventionis especially adapted to be employed in connection with a rope stretched from the window of a tenement-house to a pole stationed at a distance therefrom, the ends of said in the claims.

ropes being united to form a continuous line adapted to be drawn over pulleys. The ends of said rope have heretofore been knotted together, to tie and untie which when taking up 'the slack has consumed considerable time.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts substantially as will` be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied cut away or open to receive a movable piece orplate, which is pivoted at c. The extremities del of said plate form bearings and lie adjacent to cooperating bearings ce onithe frame. Between said bearings d d e e the rope R passes, and is heldA immovable when the plate is brought into longitudinal relation to `the frame, and the draft or pull is from R tov R, as will be understood upon' reference to Fig. 1. One of the ends of the pivotal plate b is provided with a loop, eye, or other means, fg, to receive the end mof the rope, and the frame is similarly provided at the end thereof adjacent to the parts f g with an eye or other means to receive the opposite end n of said rope.

Anti-.friction rollers e d, Fig. 2, may be added to reduce wear on the rope, and to allow the same to work easilyunder peculiar circumstances. Loops h also may be formed on the pivoted plate, to prevent the rope from slipping between the sides of lthe plate b and the frame, and thus preventing aproper working of the parts. When the rope is stretched between the pulleys inthe ordinary way and it is desired to slacken said rope, the same may be done by pulling on the end m or loop f, turning the plate b upon the pivot c, and thus releasing the rope and allowing the same to draw through. To tighten the rope it is simply necessary to pull the samel at p, drawing said rope through as far as may bedesired. rEhen, by releasing the rope, the plate automatically closes and holds said rope immovable.

Of course, the .device maybe employed for other purposes than those specified, and consequently we do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the eXact construction shown.

What we claim as new is- 1. The combination, with the frame a, having means, 0, thereon to receive the rope, of a plate, b, working therein, having bearings d d lying adjacent to bearings e cf on the frame, and having means, as f g, adapted toopen the plate against the draft of the rope, substantially as shown'and described.

2. In combination, the frame, a, having forth and shown.

ing substantially as and for the purposes set 3. In combination, the frame a, having i.

means, o, to receive one end ofthe rope, roller have hereunto Set onr hands this 26th day ol' e, and bearing c, the plate b, pivoted in said December, 1883. frame, having the roller d and bearing d, and

1 1 i having means, fg, to receive the opposite end MMON 51H1 of the rope, :ind loops h 71 all said parts being FRANK SLU" arranged und operating substantially as and XVitnesses: for the purposes seb forth. CHARLES H. PELL,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing we F. F. CAMPBELL. 

